Politics are very much like war. We may even have to use poison gas at times.

To suppose that any form of government will secure liberty or happiness without any virtue in the people, is a chimerical idea.

There’s a tremendous gap between public opinion and public policy.

The only way you can beat the lawyers is to die with nothing.

There are still people in my party who believe in consensus politics. I regard them as Quislings, as traitors… I mean it.

Gray Davis can run a dirty campaign better than anyone, but he can’t run a state.

Well, I thought the deal was, when you went to work for the government you weren’t supposed to make money!

The label ‚liberal‘ or ‚conservative,‘ any – every time I hear that, I think of the great Gilbert and Sullivan song from ‚Iolanthe.‘ It goes, ‚Every gal and every boy that’s born alive is either a little liberal or else a little conservative.‘ What do those labels mean? It depends on whose ox is being gored.

We were told our campaign wasn’t sufficiently slick. We regard that as a compliment.

A candidate is not going to suddenly change once they get into office. Just the opposite, in fact. Because the minute that individual takes that oath, they are under the hottest, harshest light there is. And there is no way to hide who they really are.

Freedom does not die from frontal attack. It dies because men in power no longer believe in a system based upon liberty.

I don’t think President Trump is a racist.

I guess you’d call me an independent, since I’ve never identified myself with one party or another in politics. I always decide my vote by taking as careful a look as I can at the actual candidates and issues themselves, no matter what the party label.

Running for office is similar to being a trial lawyer in a very long trial. It requires adrenaline and stamina; it requires being in shape mentally and emotionally. It’s a marathon.

Lincoln said you cannot be President without spending some item on your knees. I have repeated that and a bunch of Atheists got all over me. Wait a minute. Does that mean that you cannot be President if you are an Atheist? I say yea that does mean that.

I stay out of politics because if I begin thinking too much about politics, I’ll probably… drop writing children’s books and become a political cartoonist again.

Many people, including some conservatives, have been very impressed with how brainy the president and his advisers are. But that is not quite as reassuring as it might seem.

The most peaceable way for you, if you do take a thief, is, to let him show himself what he is and steal out of your company.

There’s no such thing as going to a soapbox and saying, ‚The government’s corrupt,‘ and not having the intelligence service see your face. In the digital world, that can be done.

My father belongs to the generation that fought the war in the 1940s. When I was a kid my father told me stories – not so many, but it meant a lot to me. I wanted to know what happened then, to my father’s generation. It’s a kind of inheritance, the memory of it.

Since I’m the president and Democrats have controlled the House and the Senate, it’s understandable that people are saying, you know, ‚What have you done?‘

My great-grandfather and his two brothers fought at Gettysburg. They were in artillery, and they survived the war, thank goodness. So I revere what they did. I think their motivations were honorable when they undertook the war and participated in it along with other Southerners.

A lot has happened over the years. And while this nation has been tested by war, and it’s been tested by recession and all manner of challenges – I stand before you again tonight, after almost two terms as your president, to tell you I am more optimistic about the future of America than ever before.

I don’t think that a Justice should have uppermost in her mind, ‚A Democratic president appointed me, so I must leave to be sure that another Democratic president can appoint my successor.‘

But does that mean that war and violence are inevitable? I would argue not because we have also evolved this amazingly sophisticated intellect, and we are capable of controlling our innate behavior a lot of the time.

I can’t imagine what this place would be – I can’t imagine what the country would be – with Donald Trump as our president.

You say it is the good cause that hallows even war? I say unto you: it is the good war that hallows any cause.

Senator Kerry has been in Washington long enough to take both sides on just about every issue.

Man is not free unless government is limited.

Treating your adversary with respect is striking soft in battle.

The battlefield is a scene of constant chaos. The winner will be the one who controls that chaos, both his own and the enemies.

All men hate the nagging.

Antitrust is the way that the government promotes markets when there are market failures. It has nothing to do with the idea of free information.

Hillary doesn’t play. She has more experience and exposure to the presidency than any candidate in our lifetime – yes, more than Barack, more than Bill. So she is absolutely ready to be Commander-in-Chief on day one. And, yes, she happens to be a woman.

The example that America knows how to govern itself is one of the compelling aspects of our national security.

Allow the president to invade a neighboring nation whenever he shall deem it necessary to repel an invasion,and you allow him to do so whenever he may choose to say he deems it necessary for such purpose – and you allow him to make war at pleasure.

This country has come to feel the same when Congress is in session as when the baby gets hold of a hammer.

Politics is almost as exciting as war, and quite as dangerous. In war you can only be killed once, but in politics many times.

God’s love is too great to be confined to any one side of a conflict or to any one religion.

It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.

It’s easy being a humorist when you’ve got the whole government working for you.

It’s been my experience in politics that you can try and plan it out: ‚I’m going to hit the three ball which will hit the eight ball.‘ You’ve just got to go run and try to do everything right. And then have a little luck.

I became an actress because my mom wanted me to become an actress. It took me until my mid-30s to realize I actually didn’t. I actually wanted to write and direct and be more involved in politics and humanitarian issues.

Man becomes his most creative during war.

Democracy is the road to socialism.

Domestic policy can only defeat us; foreign policy can kill us.

The Cuban model doesn’t even work for us anymore.

I wish I could make music about politics. I feel like it’s such an art and a talent that I admire tremendously, but when I step into the studio, I step out of the real world, and it’s therapeutic.

The U.S. immigration laws are bad – really, really bad. I’d say treatment of immigrants is one of the greatest injustices done in our government’s name.

Each nation feels superior to other nations. That breeds patriotism – and wars.

I found that the corridors of power in Delhi were littered with lobbies of various kinds.

I don’t think generally politician come from democratic country. I think not that thinking. But sometimes little bit short-sighted. They are mainly looking for their next vote.

In a democracy, allegations will never improve situations. So, I’m against allegations, but I always welcome criticism.

Our priority is to go after ISIL. And so what we have said is that we are not engaging in a military action against the Syrian regime. We are going after ISIL facilities and personnel who are using Syria as a safe haven, in service of our strategy in Iraq.

Solutions are not the answer.

Withdrawal of American troops must be a unilateral act, as the invasion of Vietnam by the American government was a unilateral act in the first place.

Communism is a religion that is inspired, directed and motivated by the Devil himself who has declared war against Almighty God.

Policy makers who have never served in the military continue to use the military to lead social change in this country.

Even philosophers will praise war as ennobling mankind, forgetting the Greek who said: ‚War is bad in that it begets more evil than it kills.‘

The difference between a Republican and a Democrat is the Democrat is a cannibal they have to live off each other, while the Republicans, why, they live off the Democrats.

I consider myself a moderate Republican. I have very, very moderate social views, and I’m pretty strong on, on defense matters.